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quince marmalade

November 5th, 2010 at 03:45 am

Last night I canned 11 1/2 pints of quince marmalade. I used this recipe:

Quince Marmalade

3 1/2 lb quinces (after de-peeling and coring you'll get about 3 lbs)
5 3/4 c granulated sugar
10 c water
1 whole lemon, thinly sliced.

Peel, quarter, and core quinces. This was the tough part - especially around the very woody core, those quinces cut like squash. Collect the peels and cores, wrap them in cheesecloth. The quinces will turn a bit brown, don't worry about it.

Combine all ingredients (including quince trimmings in the cheesecloth) into large stockpot.

Simmer under low/low medium heat for several hours. Quince will begin to turn rosy, the sugar syrup will turn red. Pierce a quince piece, when it softens, remove and discard the bag of cheesecloth.

Mash your quince and keep cooking until the quince jam is of the color you like and the mixture passes the sheet test. The longer you cook, the redder it gets. 5 hours was my limit, and turned my yellow quinces into a glorious red marmalade...


Process by boiling waterbath (quince ph range is about 3.8 - 4.0, plus the lemon adds a bit more acid). Fill jars with 1/4 inch headspace, put on lids and rings, process for 25 minutes.

Posted in Recipes | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “quince marmalade”

  1. Jerry Says:
    November 5th, 2010 at 11:37 am 1288957039
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    Quinces by themselves are pretty yucky, I think, but wow are they ever good in preserves and pies! (Plus, they add some insurance that you will have enough of the other fruit to go around, by stretching things a bit...) They grow them a lot here in this part of SE Europe, and there is a delicious recipe for quinces fruit leather that is great. I need to get that recipe, actually, your post leads me to want to make some, myself! Enjoy...
    Jerry

  2. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    November 5th, 2010 at 01:20 pm 1288963220
    1288963220

    Wonderful! Doesn't it feel good to have done this? Puts you in touch with all the generations before us to do something so basic towards sustaining life. (uh, at least that's how I would feel. Wink )

  3. Looking Forward Says:
    November 24th, 2010 at 05:57 am 1290578258
    1290578258

    Lovely! And tasty too I'd bet. Smile

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